If an eligible recipient of the allowance dies and there is any allowance that was to be paid to the deceased person but had not yet been paid to that person, the unpaid allowance may be paid to a person who was a child in custody, etc. of the deceased person.
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allowancemachine translation
「手当」
Short for the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当), which the prefectural governor, etc. (都道府県知事等) pays to the mother who has custody (監護) of, or the father who has custody of and shares a livelihood with, a child whose parents have divorced or whose other parent has died, has a disability of the degree a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, is missing or is in a similar situation, or to another person raising the child (養育者).
Short name set inArticle 4, paragraph (1)
child in custody, etc.machine translation
「監護等児童」
A child (児童) who meets the requirements of Article 4 and whom the father has custody of (監護) and shares a livelihood with, whom the mother has custody of, or whom a person raising the child (養育者) raises; where there are two or more, 10,750 yen a month is added to the basic amount (基本額) for each one after the first.
Short name set inArticle 5, paragraph (2)
eligible recipientmachine translation
「受給資格者」
A person who meets the requirements for payment of the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当) — the mother, father or person raising the child (養育者) that Article 4, paragraph (1) names — and who must be certified (認定) by the prefectural governor, etc. (都道府県知事等) as to their eligibility and the amount before it is paid.
Short name set inArticle 6, paragraph (1)